STATUTORY PUBLIC HOLIDAY
STATUTORY PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AND COMMEMORATIVE DAYS IN THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA FOR THE YEAR 2024
Holiday | Date | Day |
New Year’s Day | 1st January | Monday |
Constitution Day | 7th January | Sunday |
Independence Day | 6th March | Wednesday |
Good Friday | 29th March | Friday |
Easter Monday | 1st April | Monday |
May Day (Workers’ Day) | 1st May | Wednesday |
Eid-Ul-Fitr | *** | *** |
Eid-Ul-Adha | *** | *** |
Founders’ Day | 4th August | Sunday |
Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day | 21st September | Saturday |
Farmer’s Day | 6th December | Friday |
Christmas Day | 25th December | Wednesday |
Boxing Day | 26th December | Thursday |
NB: *** There are no fixed dates for the Eid-Ul-Fitr and Eid-Ul-Adha because they are movable feasts. The dates for their observation are provided by the Office of the Chief Imam in the course of the year. | ||
|Commemorative Days| | ||
African Union Day | 25th May | Saturday |
Republic Day | 1st July | Monday |
United States Public Holidays (2024)
Monday, January 1, 2024 | New Year’s Day |
Monday, January 15, 2024 | Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Monday, February 19, 2024* | Washington’s Birthday |
Monday, May 27, 2024 | Memorial Day |
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 | Juneteenth National Independence Day |
Thursday, July 4, 2024 | Independence Day |
Monday, September 2, 2024 | Labor Day |
Monday, October 14, 2024 | Columbus Day |
Monday, November 11, 2024 | Veterans Day |
Thursday, November 28, 2024 | Thanksgiving Day |
Wednesday, December 25, 2024 | Christmas Day |